I have decided to create this blog, not just to keep you informed of what happens in class each day, but also to provide links and web sites that will serve as an extra resource to encourage your child's success in Spanish. Occasionally, I will include some cultural elements that I find fascinating which you may, in turn, choose to share with your children at your discretion. Finally, I would like to say "gracias" for the privilege of teaching your wonderful children. Everyday I leave impressed with their progress, amused by their questions and anecdotes and excited about what we will learn next.

27 February, 2012

27.2.2012 & 28.2.2012

Hola a todos! Many kids wanted to learn to count to 20, so we are working on that at the beginning of class, but we are beginning a unit on animals.

1-20 flash cards


1-uno

2-dos

3-tres

4-cuatro

5-cinco

6-seis

7-siete

8-ocho

9-nueve

10 – diez

11-once

12-doce

13-trece

14-catorce

15-quince

16-dieciseis (diez y seis)

17-diecisiete (diez y siete)

18 dieciocho (diez y ocho)

19 diecinueve (diez y nueve)

20 veinte

We’ll end with an intro. to animals through a picture book and listening to our next song which we will start working on next week, “Viejo Mc Donald Tiene una Granja.”


chicks - polllitos (poh-yee-tos)

duck - pato (pah-toh)

cow - vaca (bah-ca)

pig - cerdo (sehr-doh)

horse - caballo (ca-bah-yo)

goat - cabra (ca-brah)

sheep - oveja (oh-beh-ha)

cat - gato (gah-toh)

dog - perro (peh-rro)


La Granja del Viejo McDonald

(available on iTunes Karina Antonelli--Cantando en el Jardin)


El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)

Y en esa granja tiene pollitos, iaiaoh!

(and on that farm he has chicks ee ii ee ii oh)

Que hacen pio aquí que hacen pio allá

(that go pio here and go pio there)

Pio, pio, pio sin cesar (pio, pio, pio without stopping)

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)


El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)

Y en esa granja tiene patos, iaiaoh!

(and on that farm he has ducks ee ii ee ii oh)

Que hacen cuak aquí que hacen cuak allá

(with a quack here and a quack there)

Cuak, cuak, cuak, cuak sin cesar

(quack, quack, quack without stopping)

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)

Y en esa granja tiene vaca, iaiaoh!

(and on that farm he has a cow)

Que hacen mu mu aquí que hacen mumu allá

(that go moo moo here and moo there)

Mu, mu, mu, mu, mu sin cesar

(moo, moo, moo, moo, moo without stopping)

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)

Y en esa granja tiene cerdos, iaiaoh!

(and on that farm he has some pigs ee ii ee ii oh)

Que hacen oink aquí que hacen oink allá

(with an oink here and an oink there)

Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink sin cesar

(oink, oink, oink, oink, oink without stopping)

El Viejo McDonald tiene una granja iaiaoh!

(Old McDonald has a farm ee ii ee ii oh)



febrero

I am playing a little catch up here. We have spent the month working on counting from 1-15 through calisthenics, bingo, hot potato, and plain old flash cards. We also did a lot of hokey pokey to keep the body parts fresh on our minds, but all good things must come to an end.